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Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
Introducing C2-9000, perfect camera for serious beginners
as well as experienced astro-photographers and researchers.
More details here.
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
NGC7293 Helix nebula
RGB and narrow-band exposure with C4-16000 camera on CDK610 telescope
Total exposure time 139 hours
Authors: CielAustral group
Every photon counts...
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Messier 16 Eagle nebula
C3-61000 PRO camera on 600mm f/4.5 ASA RC telescope
Author: Wolfgang Prompter
Every photon counts...
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New CMOS cameras C5A-100M and C5A-150M.
Ultra large back-illuminated sensors, high quantum efficiency, very low noise,
16 bit digitization, fast download, great dynamic range, perfect linearity,
efficient cooling, mechanical shutter, wide set of accessories, rich software support, ...
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
Messier 27 Dumbbell nebula
C3-61000 camera on 600mm f/4.5 ASA RC telescope
Author: Wolfgang Prompter
Every photon counts...
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NGC 1365 galaxy
Image taken with C3-61000 PRO camera on 60 cm ASA600 RC telescope
Total exposure time 4.5 hours through LRGB filters
Author: Wolfgang Promper
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
New CMOS cameras C1×26000 and C1×61000
The same sensors like in the C3 series.
The same mechanics like C1+ series, just a little bit eXtended.
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
New CMOS cameras C3-61000 and C3-26000.
Back-illuminated sensors, high quantum efficiency, very low noise,
16 bit digitization, fast download, great dynamic range, perfect linearity,
efficient cooling, mechanical shutter, wide set of accessories, rich software support, ...
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
NGC6188 nebula in narrow-band filters (top)
and in natural colors (bottom).
G4-16000 camera on 0.5m CDK telescope.
Authors: CielAustral group of astro-photographers.
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
New C4-16000 Scientific CMOS camera with 4096x4096 pixels resolution, 9um pixels and 37x37mm sensor available.
More details here.
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
Introducing new C1+ series of CMOS cameras
More details here
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
The M82 "Cigar" galaxy.
Camera C2-12000A with RGB and Halpha filters on 30cm Newtonian telescope.
Total exposure time 28 hours.
Author: Martin Myslivec
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
New C1 series of CMOS astronomical cameras available
More details are available here
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
New C2 series of cooled CMOS astronomical cameras available
More details are available here.
Image on the background: NGC7635 "Bubble nebula" narrow-band image
by Martin Myslivec, acquired with C2-12000 camera on 30cm Newtonian telescope.
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
SH2-308 nebula in the constellation Canis Major
G4-16000 camera with Halpha and OIII narrow-band filters on TEC160 telescope
Total exposure time 89 hours
Authors: Laurent Bourgon, Jean-Claude Canonne, Nicolas Outters, Philippe Bernhard and Didier Chaplain
Every photon counts...
Welcome to the Moravian Instruments web site devoted to cameras for low light imaging in astronomy and microscopy.
NGC 6188 and NGC6164 nebulae on the southern sky
G4-16000 camera with Halpha, OIII and SII narrow-band filters on TEC160 telescope
Total exposure time 115 hours
Authors: Laurent Bourgon, Jean-Claude Canonne, Nicolas Outters, Philippe Bernhard and Didier Chaplain
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|  | | The C5 cameras are equipped with particularly large sensors,
which impose quite big demands for the field of view — the used optics must be able to create high quality
picture far from the optical axis. Off-axis guider adapters (OAG)
further increase the demands for the size of the field. OAG incorporates
a small diagonal mirror, reflexing the incoming light to the guider
port, where is the guiding camera attached. And this mirror must be
located far enough from the optical axis not to shield the imaging
sensor from incoming light. Increased demands for the optics is the
reason we did not introduce the C5-OAG together with C5 cameras. But
users asked for it, so we introduce it now. (more...) |
 | | The image shown here was acquired by Martin Myslivec with a
first C2-9000 production camera on the 400mm Newtonian telescope.
Despite rather modest exposure times, just 2.5 hours per LRGB channel,
the resulting image shows the famous M51 in incredible
details. (more...) |
 | | GPS satellite signal receivers provide location information
and also very precise (sub-microsecond) timing information. Integration
of the GPS receiver with an astronomical camera thus allows very precise
timing of exposures. Geographic location data, also available to the
control software through specific commands, is an added bonus. The GPS
receiver module port on the new C1×
cameras is identical to the port of the C5 cameras, so both camera lines
use the same receiver modules. What's more, the new C1× cameras also contain trigger input port, which
allows external devices to determine start of exposures. This
functionality can be used for precise exposure timing from external
signal source and/or for synchronized exposures of multiple cameras
etc. (more...) |
 | | The C2-9000 is a perfect starter camera for any serious
beginner, regardless if he or she aims to capture beautiful images of
deep-sky objects or to acquire serious data for astronomical research.
With the sensor size approximately 11 × 11 millimeters,
C2-9000 does not demand latest correctors and flatteners, it perfectly
works even with common optics. But C2-9000 is not for beginners only, it
grows with the user and its high sensitivity, exceptional dynamic range,
low read noise and dark current are appreciated also by the most
advanced astro-imagers as well as researchers demanding the best
possible data. Compact yet robust, time-proven body of the C2 camera
allows for all-containing device with mechanical shutter and internal
filter wheel, very efficient and regulated sensor cooling and extremely
fast USB3 connection. Options do not end here — C2-9000 can integrate with external filter wheels with up
to 12 filer positions, OAG adapters, Nikon and Canon bayonets and
numerous other telescope interface standards. (more...) |
 | M20 Trifid nebula | Updated: 22.12.2022 |
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 | | Famous M20 Trifid nebula images by CielAustral group
show this iconic object in real colors, captured through red, green and
blue filters, as well as in somewhat unusual combination of real-color
data with images acquired through narrow-band filters. (more...) |
 | | If there is a contest for the most aesthetically pleasing
image of a deep sky object, this image of M16 Eagle nebula by
Wolfgang Prompter would be among the finalists, at last according to our
opinion (esthetics is subjective). The chosen false-color palette and
framing of the faint structures in the nebula create beautiful
artwork. (more...) |
 | | C5 camera series is designed to accommodate the latest
generation of extremely large Sony IMX CMOS sensors with 100 and
150 MPx resolution and diagonal dimension
up to 67 mm. Many of the used sensor
properties share the exceptional features of the sensors used in the C3
series, including the 3.76 μm pixel size with the
full-well capacity exceeding 50 ke-, very high quantum efficiency thanks to
back-illuminated design and very low dark current. C5
sensors also offer 16 bit
digitization, perfectly linear response to light and
exceptionally low read noise. Despite very large sensors, the
C5 camera head dimensions are the same like the Enhanced Cooling
variants of the C3 and C4 series. All these features make C5 cameras the
ultimate devices for both aesthetic astro-photography as well as
astronomical research. (more...) |
 | | Moravian Instruments astronomical cameras are often presented
as tools for getting beautiful pictures of the deep sky wonders. But
Moravian cameras have also other side — they are
often used to gather scientific measurements leading to world-class
research. (more...) |
 | | C1× cameras employ the same
sensors like the C3 series — latest generation of
Sony APS and Full-Frame (24 × 36 mm) CMOS sensors, offering exceptional quantum
efficiency thanks to back-illuminated design and very low
dark current. Despite relatively small pixels, full-well capacity
exceeds 50 ke-, rivaling cameras
with much greater pixels. Combined with full 16 bit digitization, perfectly linear response
to light and exceptionally low read noise, these cameras
are suitable for both aesthetic astro-photography as well as
astronomical research. At the same time the C1× camera head is designed to be symmetrical, with as
small front cross-section as possible. (more...) |
 | | C3 cameras employ the latest generation of Sony IMX CMOS
sensors, offering exceptional quantum efficiency thanks to
back-illuminated design and very low dark current.
Despite relatively small pixels, full-well capacity exceeds
50 ke-. Combined with full
16 bit digitization, perfectly
linear response to light and exceptionally low read
noise, these cameras are suitable for both aesthetic
astro-photography as well as astronomical research. Sensor formats from
APS to photographic full-frame (24 × 36 mm) ensure wide
field of view and optimally utilize capabilities of the optical systems
most commonly used by amateur astronomers. (more...) |
 | | The C4-16000 cooled scientific CMOS camera sensors offer the
same geometry like the CCDs in the famous G4-16000 cameras — sensor size 37 × 37 mm, 9 μm pixels and 16 MPx
(4k × 4k) resolution. Also the mechanical
design of C4 cameras inherits from G4 Mark II cameras, which makes the
C4 camera line fully compatible with vast range of telescope adapters,
off-axis guider adapters, filter wheels, Camera Ethernet adapters,
guiding cameras etc. (more...) |
 | | New cooled CMOS cameras C1+7000 and C2-7000 offer quite large
pixels of 4.5 μm, especially compared to majority of other CMOS based
cameras available. As CCD sensors, often employing much bigger pixels,
are no longer available, even relatively small increase in pixel size of
a CMOS sensor significantly increases some key parameters like dynamic
range (pixel area and thus also a number of electrons each pixel can
accommodate corresponds to the square of pixel dimension). (more...) |
 | | C1+ camera models are designed to fulfill the gap between
small and lightweight C1 models, intended as Moon and planetary cameras
and auto-guiders, and C2 cameras, equipped with active sensor cooling
and mechanical shutter and thus intended for more serious astronomical
imaging and research. C1+ cameras are able to work as C1 ones, only
being somewhat heavier and bulkier, and at the same time C1+ can replace
the C2 models, only with slightly less cooling performance and lack of
mechanical shutter. (more...) |
 | | The cooled C2 series CMOS cameras were developed for imaging
under extremely low-light conditions in astronomy, microscopy and
similar areas. Mechanical design of this series inherits from earlier
CCD-based G2 Mark II cameras, which makes the C2 series fully compatible
with vast range of telescope adapters, off-axis guider adapters,
internal or external filter wheels, Camera Ethernet adapters, guiding
cameras etc. (more...) |
 | | The C1 series cameras with global shutter CMOS
sensors were designed to be small, lightweight imagers for Moon and
planets and for automatic telescope guiding. With proper image
calibration, C1 cameras provide surprisingly good results also in
entry-level deep-sky imaging. The used CMOS sensors response to light is
linear up to very close to saturation point, so, C1 cameras can be used
for scientific applications like variable star research, too. (more...) |
 | | Gx Mark II cameras are available in many variants — individual G2, G3 and G4 series offer camera integration
with internal or external filter wheels, Off-Axis Guider adapters,
various threaded adapters as well as standard Canon EOS and Nikon lens
bayonet adapters etc. One of the distinguishing feature of Mark II
cameras is the telescope/lens adapter interface allowing precise
adjustment of optical axis (sensor tilt). Despite the vast variability
and many options, the Gx Mark II camera system was designed to maintain
adapter-specified back focal distance of adjustable adapters on all
camera variants. (more...) |
 | | Gx Camera Ethernet Adapter allows connection of Gx series
cameras (models G0 to G4) to the control computer using Ethernet
interface and TCP/IP protocol stack (this means over Local or Wide Area
Networks). Single Gx Camera Ethernet Adapter contains four USB 2.0 ports
and allows connection of up to four Gx cameras at the same time
(regardless of the specific series, cameras can be freely
combined). (more...) |
 | | 64 bits is a new
marketing buzz-word in the world of mobile phones and tablets, but it is
rather common in the world of Personal Computers. Despite the
64 bit systems are available for many
years, especially recently number of newly installed 32 bit systems sharply declines and 64 bit systems dominate. Surprisingly, general
understanding what does it mean is very low and particularly baffling is
the fact, that 64 bit operating system is
(fortunately) perfectly capable to run 32 bit applications. The answer to the question which
driver version (32 bit or 64 bit) to install requires understanding of a few
concepts. (more...) |
 | | The ability to capture individual exposures through various
filters is one of the key features of the cooled CCD cameras, regardless
if being used for scientific research or for astronomical photography.
This is why the Gx CCD cameras were designed to include the filter wheel
inside the camera head and to integrate filter wheel control into camera
control from the beginning. When more than 5 or 6 filters are necessary
or the filter wheel has to be used with G4 camera, the filter wheel is
too large to be placed inside the camera head. External filter wheel is
then the only option. (more...) |
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